Turn with me, please, this evening to the book of Hebrews.

The book of Hebrews in the New Testament, and we're going to pray in just a moment, release our faith.

Hebrews the seventh chapter.

Hebrews chapter 7 and verse 7.

It says, without all contradiction, the less is blessed of the better.

And here men that die receive tithes, but there he receives them of whom it is witnessed

that he lives.

And as I may so say, Levi also who received tithes, paid tithes, in Abraham.

Now, if you weren't with us, we covered a lot of ground in the previous two Sundays on tithing we dealt with

the idea that tithing is just part of the law and not for us today which is a completely untrue

unscriptural statement.

It shows ignorance of the word.

You know, after all, we're reading in Hebrews.

Is Hebrews in the New Testament?

And we went into a lot of detail about what tithing is. And Melchizedek met Abraham from the great victory that they had over the enemy

kings and their armies where he recovered Lot and his family and all the people and stuff

from those cities. A miracle. And as he came back, Melchizedek, who was the high priest of God.

Now, we have no record. He's not of the seed of Aaron. And this is way before Moses got the law.

This is pre-law. Everybody with me? We know Abraham learned how to walk by faith

and was justified by faith, just like we are, long before there was any kind of a law to observe.

He also learned how to tithe. Where did he get it from? It wasn't a rule.

It wasn't a law. There was no statute. There was no ordinance. He got it from God.

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